KALYANI UNIVERSITY

Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal

Syllabus for the

Master of Arts (M.A.) Programme in Philosophy

[To be effective from the academic session 2018-2020]

Name of the PG Progrramme : M.A. in Philosophy

Name of the Subject: Philosophy

ABSTRACT

Level Course Type Course Code Course Title Learning

Hour

distribution

per week

Credit

point

Marks

MA

Semester-I

Hard Core Course PGPHIL101 Indian Ethics& Western Ethics 4:2:0 4 100(80+20)

Hard Core Course PGPHIL102 Indian Epistemology&Western Epistemology

4:2:0 4 100(80+20)

Hard Core Course

PGPHIL103 Philosophy of Language (Western) 4:2:0 4 100(80+20)

Hard Core Course

PGPHIL104 Philosophy of Language (Indian) 4:2:0 100(80+20)

MA

Semester-II

Hard Core Course PGPHIL201 Indian Metaphysics 4:2:0 4 100(80+20)

Hard Core Course PGPHIL202 Interdisciplinary Discourse on

Philosophy

4:2:0 4 100(80+20)

Hard Core Course PGPHIL203 Western Metaphysics 4:2:0 4 100(80+20)

Hard Core Course PGPHIL204 Western Logic 4:2:0

MA

Semester-III

Hard Core Course

PGPHIL301 Modern Indian Thought 4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Western Logic

PGPHIL302L Set Theory & Philosophy of Logic

4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Western Logic

PGPHIL303L Non-Deductive Systems

4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika

PGPHIL302N Prācīna Nyāya-I 4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika

PGPHIL303N Prācīna Nyāya-II 4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Vedānta

PGPHIL302V Advaita Metaphysics 4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Vedānta

PGPHIL302V Schools of Vedanta

Rāmānuja & Vallabha

4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Sāṅkhya-Yoga

PGPHIL302S Sāṅkhya-I 4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Sāṅkhya-Yoga

PGPHIL303S Sāṅkhya-II 4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Ethics

PGPHIL302E Bio-medical Ethics 4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Ethics

PGPHIL303E Applied Ethics in Indian Context 4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Buddhist

Philosophy

PGPHIL302B Buddhist Philosophy – I

4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Buddhist

Philosophy

PGPHIL303B Buddhist Philosophy – II

4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course: Comparative

Religion

PGPHIL302R Comparative Religion I

4:2:0 4 100

(80+20)

Major Elective/

Special Course: Comparative

Religion

PGPHIL303R Comparative Religion II 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Philosophy of Mind

PGPHIL302M Philosophy of Mind and Cognition I 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Philosophy of Mind

PGPHIL303M Philosophy of Mind and Cognition II 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Philosophy of Science

PGPHIL302P Philosophy of Science I 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Philosophy of Science

PGPHIL303P Philosophy of Science II

4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Aesthetics

PGPHIL302A Aesthetics (Indian) 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Aesthetics

PGPHIL303A Aesthetics (Western) 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Philosophy of Peace and

Conflict

PGPHIL302PC Peace Studies

4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Philosophy of Peace and

Conflict

PGPHIL303PC Peace Studies 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Wittgenstein

PGPHIL302W Early Wittgenstein 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Wittgenstein

PGPHIL303W Later Wittgenstein

4:2:0 4

Hard Core Course

PGPHIL401 Continental Philosophy 4:2:0 4

M.A.

Semester IV

Major Elective

/ Special Course:

Western Logic

PGPHIL402L The Logic of Relations

&

Deductive System

4:2:0 4

Major Elective

/ Special Course:

Western Logic

PGPHIL403L Propositional Logic 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Navya-Vaiśeṣika

PGPHIL402N Navya-Nyāya-I 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Navya-Nyāya

PGPHIL403N Navya-Nyāya-II 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Vedānta

PGPHIL402V Advaita Epistemology 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Vedānta

PGPHIL403V Schools of Vedanta

Madhva & Nimbarka

4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course:

Samkhya- Yoga

PGPHIL402S Later Samkhya 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

PHPHIL403S Patanjala Yoga 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Ethics

PGPHIL402E Environmentalś Ethics 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Ethics

PGPHIL403E Socio-Political Issues in Applied Ethics 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Buddhist Philosophy

PGPHIL402B Buddhist Philosophy I 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Buddhist Philosophy

PGPHIL403B Buddhist Philosophy II 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Philosophy of Mind

PGPHIL402M Philosophy of Mind and Cognition I 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Philosophy of Mind

PGPHIL403M Philosophy of Mind and Cognition II 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Comparative Religion

PGPHIL402R Philosophy of Religion 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Comparative Religion

PGPHIL403R Inter-religious Dialogue 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Philosophy of Science

PGPHIL402P Philosophy of Science I 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Philosophy of Science

PGPHIL403P Philosophy of Science II 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Aesthetic

PHPHIL402A Aesthetic (Indian) 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Aesthetic

PGPHIL403A Aesthetic (Western) 4:2:0 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Philosophy of Peace

&Conflict

PGPHIL402PC Peace Studies 4

Major Elective/

Special Course

Philosophy of Peace

&Conflict

PGPHIL403PC Peace Studies 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Wittgenstein

PGPHIL402W Early Wittgenstein 4

Major Elective/ Special

Course:

Wittgenstein

PGPHIL403W Later Wittgenstein 4

Note: Choice of Major Elective courses/ Special courses at the beginning of the semester 3rd

, a student

shall choice any one of the alternative groups namely Western Logic, Nyāya-vaiśeṣika, Vedānta, sāmkhy-

Yoga, Ethics, Buddhist Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Comparative Religion,

Aesthesis, Wittgensteineach group containing two elective courses of 100 marks in semester 3rd

and

semester 4th: Total four elective courses in thelast two semester taken together.

Syllabus in Detail for the

Master of Arts (MA) in Philosophy

(to be effected from academic session 2018-2020)

MA

SEMESTER I

PGPHIL

101

Indian Ethics& Western Ethics

4 Credit Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Indian Ethics

Recommended Topics

(i) rīmadbhagavadgitā (Chapter II & III)

(ii) Laugakṣi Bhāskara: Arthasaṁgraha ( dharma, bhāvanā, vidhi and its varieties,

arthavāda)

(iii) Buddhist Ethics: Visuddhimārga (pañcaśīla, astāngikamārga and

brahmavihārabhāvana)

(iv) Jaina Ethics: anubrata and mahābrata

(v) Manu, Praśastapāda and Ramānuja:The concept of dharma

(vi) Mahābhārata:Dharma Ethics and Moral Dilemma

(vii) Introduction Possibility of Indian Ethics

(viii) Patanjali :Yogasūtra – yama, niyama etc.

Recommended Texts

1. Gita withGūdarthadīpikā

2. Manusaṃhitā

3. Praśastapādabhāṣya

4. Arthasaṃgrahaḥ

5. Mahābhārater Caturvarga

6. B. K. Matilal, Epics and Ethics, OUP

7. Yogasutra of Patanjaliś with commentary

8. Jaina Path of Purification by S. Padmanabha Jaini

Western Ethics

Recommended Texts

(i) Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Immanuel Kant

(Selected Portion Translate and Edited by H.J.Paton), (40 hours)

(ii) Applied Ethics: Notion and Methodology, Life and death issues ( Euthanasia

and abortion), Environmental Ethics,: definition and concerns (10

Hours)

(iii) Normative Ethics (20 hours)

(iv) Virtue Ethics (4 hours)

(v) Utilitarianism: Mill and later developments (7 hours)

(vi) Rights and justice/ Philosophy of Human Rights (2 hours)

Suggested Readings

i)Cultural Heritage of India (Vol : III)- :The article entities ‗Indian Ethics‘ by

Haridas Bhattacharyya.

ii)Moral Dilemmas in the Mahābhārata:B.K.Motilal (ed)

iii)Nīti, Jukti O Dharmao (in Bengali) :B.K.Motilal

iv)The Ethics of Hindus:S.K.Maitra

v)Philosophy of Hindu Sādhanā :N.K.Bharma

vi)Karma,Causation and Retributive Morality: R.Prasad

vii)Srimadbhagavadgitā Rahasya : B.G.Tilak

viii)Ethical Philosophies of India : I.C.Sharma

ix)Development of Moral Philosophy in India: Surama Dasgupta

x)Mahabharate Caturvarga: Sukhamay Bhattacharya

xi)Practical Ethics: Peter Singer

xii)Varṇadharma, Niṣkāmakarma

and Practical Morality : Rajendra Prasad

xiv) Kathāy Karmer Ethics : Somnath Chakraborty

(Chapter- 6 only)

xv)Bhārtīya Dharma Nīti : (ed)Amita Chatterjee

xvi)Immanel Kant’s Theory : R.Sullivan

xvii)Immanuel Kant : Critique of

Practical Reason and other Writing

in Moral Philosophy:(ed.And Tranas)Lewis

White Beck

xvii)Kant: A Collection of Critical Essays : R.P. Wolff (ed)

xviii) An Introduction to Kant’s Ethics : R. Sullivan

xix)The Categorical Imperative: A Study

in Kant’s Moral Philosophy : H.J.Paton

xx) Peter Singer: Practical Ethics; Ethics:

Theory and Practice:

:Y. V. Satyanarayana

xxi) Medical Ethics: Principles and Problems

(Lambert): Y.V. Satyanarayana

xxii) Naitikatār Adhibidyār Mulsutrer Ālochanā

(A translation in Bengali of Kant‘s Groundwork):Apala Chakraborty

xxiii)Kānter Nīti-darśan : Sikha Ghosal

xxiv)Kānter Nīti-darśan : Sekh Abdul Owahab

MA

PGPHIL

Indian & Western Epistemology 4 Credit Minimum Learning Hour:

84

SEMESTER I 102

Indian Epistemology Recommended Topics

1. Nyāyasutraḥof Gautama with Vatsyāna Bhāṣya : Pramāņa Khanda [Clarification of the concept of pramāņa-samplava and pramāņa-vyavasthā; pratyakṣa-lakṣaņa and the efficacy of its defining terms (Nyāya Sūtraḥ1.1.4)] 2.Vigrahavyavartanī (Refutationof pramāņa only, v 31 – 51) of Nāgārjuna/ Mānameyodaya – Nārāyana Bhațța (Selected portion) / 3.Vedānta Paribhāṣā: Jñanagatā and Viṣayagatā pratyakṣatva

Recommended Texts

i) Nyāya-Sụtraḥ: Gautama

ii) Bhāṣāparicchedaḥ:Viśvanātha

iii)Vedāntaparibhāṣā:Dharmarājādhvarindra

iv) Mānameyodaya :Nārāyanya Bhatta

v) Ślokavārttika :Kumārila

vi) Vivaraņa-Prameya-Samgrahaḥ :Vidyāranya

vii) Nyāyabindu :Dharmakīrti

Western Epistemology

Recommended Texts and Topics

1.The Problem of Knowledge – A.J. Ayer/Theory of Knowledge – R. Chisholm 2. Critique of Pure Reason- Immanuel Kant

Suggested Readings i)The Six Ways of Knowing : D.M.Dutta ii)The Nyāya Theory of Knowledge :S.C.Chatterjee

iii) Nyāya Darśana : Vātsyāyana Bhāṣyan

(Vol.I &II ) :Phanibhusan

Tarkabagish

iv)Epistemology of the Bhāṭṭa

School of Pūrva Mimāmsā: G.P.Bhatt

v)Essay in Indian Philosophy : (ed)S.R.Saha

vi) Gaņgeśa’s Theory of Truth : J.N.Mohanty

vii)Perception :B.K.Matilal

viii)Vedāntadarśana-Advaitavāda (Vol-11): Asutosh Śāstri

(In Bengali)

ix) Basic ways of Knowing : Govardhan.P.Bhatt. x)Knowledge : K. Lehrer

xi)Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge: A.C. Danto xii) Knowledge and Belief: J.Hintikka xiii)Knowledge and Justification : J.L.Pollock xiv)Contemporary Theories of Knowledge : J.L.Pollock xv)The Theory of Knowledge : David Hamlyn xvi)Epistemology : New Essays in the Theory of Knowledge: Edited by A.Stroll xvii)Essays on Knowledge and Justification : Edited by G.S. Pappas &M. Swain xviii) Knowledge and Certainty: N.Malcolm xix) An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology : Jonathan Dancy xx) A Companion to Epistemology : J.Dancy and E.Sosa xxi) Doubt, Belief and Knowledge : S.Bhattacharyya xxii)Introduction,Probability and Scepticism : D. P.Chattopadhyaya

MA

SEMESTERII

PGPHIL

103

Philosophy of Language: Indian

4 Credit Minimum Learning Hour:

84

Recommended Topics

1. Bhasaparicheda with Siddhantamuktavali (Sabdakhanda) : Visvanatha [42 classes]

2. Vapadiya, Khanda 1K.A. Subramaniya lyer (Tr), Motilal Banarisidass [24 classes]

3. Apohasiddhi: Ratnakirti (Tr.), The Differentiation of Meaning in Indian Logic, Mouton,1969 [

22 classes]

Recommended Texts:

i)Bhāsāparicchedaḥ with

Siddhantamuktavli(Śabdakhanda) : Viśvanātha

ii) Vākyapadīyam : Bhattṛhari

iii) A Pāņinian approach to.

Philosophy of Language. : Karuņāsindhu

Das

iv)Mānameyodaya : Nārāyana Bhatta

v) Tarkasaṁgrahaḥ: Annambhatta

104

Philosophy of Language: Western

4 Credit

Minimum Learning Hour:

84

Recommended Texts and Topics

1. Ludwig Wittgenstein: Tractatus (selected portions only) 2. Description : B. Russell

3. Two Dogmas of Empiricism : W.V.O. Quine 4. ‘On Sense and Reference’ – Frege

Suggested Readings: (PGPHIL103&PGPHIL104)

i) The Philosophy of word and Meaning: Gourinath Śāstri

ii) A Pāņinian Approach to Philosophy

of Language : Karunāsindhu Das

iii) The Nyāya Theory of Linguistic

Performance : P.K.Mukhopādhya

iv) Vākyapadiyā : Biśņupada Bhattācharya

(In Bengali)

Meaning, Truth and Predication : S.R.Saha

Vākyārthasambandha Samiksā :Gangadhar Nyāyācāryay

(In Bengali)

Reference and Trouth :Pranab Kumar Sen

Contemporary Analytic Philosophy :Milton K.Munitz

Wittgenestein:Understanding and

Meaning-An Analytical Commentry on

the Philosophical Investigations :G.P.Baker& P.M.S.Hacker

Wittgenstein : A.Kenny

The Philosophy of Wittgenstein : G.Pitcher

Wittgenstein Darsana :(ed)Prahlad Kumar Sarkar

& Somnath Chakraborty

(In Bengali)

Wittgenstein:Jagat,Bhāṣā

O Chintan :(ed)Tusar Kanti Sarkar,

Shefali Moitra &

Indrani Sanyal

(inBengali)

201Indian Metaphysics

Recommended Texts and Topics

1.Padarthadharmasamgrahah: Praśastāpādācarya (upto Prativisādharmaparikṣā )

2. Vivaranaprameyasamgrahaḥ of Vidyaranya 3. Sāmkhyakārikā with Samkhya-tattvakaumudi : Iswarkrishna & Vācaspati Misra (Selected portion) 4.Vijnaptimatratasiddhi : Basubandhu (vinsikaprakarana)

Suggested Readings:

i) Praśastapādabhāṣya (Part1&11) : (ed)Pt.Shyamapada Misra

ii) Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Metaphysics : Sadananda Bhaduri

iii) Classical Indian Metaphysics : Stephen H. Phillips

iv) Evolution of the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Categoriology:

Harsh Narain

v) Kiraņāvalī (Vol.1,11&111) : (Trans.)Gourinath Sastri

vi) Vaiśeṣika Darśana :P.K.Mandal(In Bengali)

v) Indian Realism :P.K.Mukhopadhyay

vi) Indian Realism :J.N.Sinha

vii)Studies in Nyiāya-Vaiśeṣika Metaphysics :Sadānanda Bhaduri

viii)Sāṃkhyadarśana: Bhupendra Nath

Bhattcharya

ix)Sāṃkhyasūtra : Maharṣi Kapil

x) Sāṃkhayapravacanbhāṣya : Vijñānvikṣu

xi)Sāṃkhaya Kārikā of Iśvarakṛṣṅa : Radhanath Phukan

(Being-Physics for Self-realization

PGPHIL202 : Interdisciplinary Discourse on Philosophy

Unit I: Value Based Education

Moral Belief

The Object of Morality

Emotivism

Prescriptivism

Suggested reading:

1. A.J.Ayer: ‗Emotivism,‘ from A.J.Ayer, Language, Truth and Logic, Dover,

1946

2. C.l.Stevension: ‗The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms,‘

fromMind,46,1937

3. R.M. Hare: ‗Prescriptivism: TheStructure of Ethics and Morals,‘ from

R.M.Hare, Essays in Ethical Theory, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989

4. Philippa Foot: ‗Moral Beliefs,‘ from theProceedings of the Aristotelian

Society, 59, 1958-59

5. Geoffrey Warnock: ‗The Object of Morality,‘ from G. Warnock, the Object

of Morality, London: Methuen & Co.,1971

Unit II: Theories of Justice and Human Rights

1. Nature and Value of Rights

2. Epistemology of Human Rights

3. Kant‘s Theory of Justice

4. Mill‘s Theory of Justice

5. Rawl‘s Theory of Justice

6. Amarta Sen‘s Theory of Justice

Suggested reading:

1. Joel Feinberg: ‗The Nature and Value of Rights,‘ Reprinted from the Journal

of Value Inquiry, 4, 1970

2. Alan gewirth: ‗Epistemology of Human Rights,‘ from Ellen Paul, Fred

Miller and Jeffrey Paul (eds): Human Rights, Oxford: Blackwell, 1984

3. John Rawls: A Theory of Justice, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University

Press, 1971

4. Robert Nozick: ‗Distributive Justice,‘ from Robert Nozick, Anarchy, Statte

and Utopia, Chapter 7, Basic Books, 1974

5. Allen D. Rosen:Kant's Theory of Justice, Cornell University Press, 1996

6. Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals,

7. Denis, Lara, 2005, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals,

Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press.

8. John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism,(original1861), Roger Crisp (ed.), Oxford:

Oxford University Press, 1998.

9. John stuart Mill, On Liberty, London: Longman, Roberts & Green, 1859

10. Amartya Sen, The Idea of Justice,Allen Lane & Harvard University Press,

2009

PGPHIL

203

Western Metaphysic 4 Credit Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Recommended Texts & Topics 1. Dialogue of Plato –Fido

2. Metaphysics – Aristotle

3. Later developments of certain Aristotelian concepts: Nature of Metaphysics (The

Theory of Descriptive Metaphysics of P.F. Strawson)

4. Self-Knowledge and Self-Identity: Memory Criterion, Body Criterion; Primitiveness

of the Concept of Person (22 hours)

Suggested Readings: i)Metaphysics: A Contemporary

Introduction : Michael J.Loux, Routledge, 2006

ii) Metaphysics : D.W.Hamlyn, Cambridge

University Press,1984

iii) Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics : P.F.Strawson, Methun, 1957

iv) Metaphysics : Aristotle Book Zeta

v) Identity and Essence : B.A.Broady, Princeton

University Press,1980

vi) The concept of Mind : Gilbert Ryle,

Penguin Books,1973

vii)‗Substance‘, An Encyclopaedia

of Philosophy : (ed.G.H.R Parkinson)

Routledge,1996

viii) On Essentialist Claims :Indrani Sanyal,

Allied PublishersPrivate

Limited,2002

ix) ‗Modality and Possible Worlds‘,

Foundations of Logic and Language,

(ed) Pranab Kumar Sen : Indrani Sanyal, Allied

Publications Ltd.,1990

x)Aristotle :W.D.Ross

xi)A New Aristotle Reader : Edited by J.L.Ackrill

xii) The Complete Works of Aristotle : Edited by

Barnes (2 Vol.)

xiii) Aristotle the Philosopher : J.L.Acrill

xiv)The Philosophy of Aristotle : D.Allan

xv) Aristotle : J.Barnes

xvi) Aristotle : Edited by J.M.E.Moravsik

xvii)The Doctrine of Being in Aristotelian Metaphysics : J.Owens

xviii) Aristotle : G.F.R.Lloyd

xix)The works of Aristotle : Translated by

J.A.Smith &

W.D. Ross

PGPHIL

204

Western Logic 4 Credit

Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Recommended Texts and Topics

1.Symbolic Logic (5th

Edition)—Irving M.Copi.Chapter-3,4, 5 (Section 5.1)

Appendix B: Normal Forms & Boolean Expansion.

2.Formal Logic: Its Scope and Limits (1st Edition) – : R.Jeffrey [Chapter – 2, 3, 4, 6]

3.Methods of Logic – W.V.O Quine, Part-1 Truth Function (Chapter-5 to 7, 9)

Part-II General Term Function (chapt.-18 to 19, 22 to 24)

4. The Logical Problems of Induction:G.H. Von Wright

Suggested Readings

i)Beginning Logic: E.J.Lemmon

ii)The Elements of Formal Logic: G. E. Hughes & D.G.Londey

iii)Sānketic Yuktivijñāna (Volumes I, II, III) : Ramaprasad Das

iv)Logic and Philosophy – A Modern

Introduction: Kahane Howard

v)The Languages of Logic: S.D. Guttenplan

vi)Logic: Wilfred Hodges

vii)First Order Logic: Smullyan

viii)Elementary Logic: Michael Resnik

ix)Elementary Logic: W.V.O. Quine

x)Understanding Logic: Virginia Klenk

xi)Symbolic Logic: F.Fitch

xii)Quantification Theory: J. A. Farris

MA

SEMESTER

III

PGPHIL

301

Modern Indian Thought 4 Credit Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Recommended Topics

1. Swami Vivekananda : Man, Universal Religion,

Practical Vedanta

2. Sri Aurovindo : Reality as Sat-Cit-Ananda ,Evolution, Integral Yoga

3. Rabindranath Tagore : Surplus in Man

4. K.C. Bhattacharya : Concept of Philosophy

5. M.K.Gandhi : Truth, Non-Violence, Critique

of Modern Civilization

6. B.R. Ambedkar : Critique of Social Evils

7. S. Radhakrishnan : Idealism

8. Iqbal : Reconstruction of Religion Thought in Islam

9. J.Krishnamurtty : Commentaries on Living

Recommended Texts

1.Practical Vedānta :Swāmi Vivekānanda

2.Integral Yoga :Sri Aurobindo

3.Religion of Man :Rabindranath Tagore

4.Studies in Phiosophy (Vol-1) :K.C.Bhattacharya

5.Hind Swarāj :M.K.Gandhi

6 .Writings and Speeches(Vol-1) :B.R.Ambedkar

Suggested Readings

i)Contemporary Indian Philosophy :B.K.Lal

ii) The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore :Benoy Gopal Roy

iii)The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi :Dhirendra

Mohan Dutta

iv) The Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda :(ed)Pardip

KumarSengupta

v)An Introduction to the philosophy

of Sri Aurobindo :S.K.Maitra

i.

PGPHIL

302L

Western Logic 4 Credit

Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Recommended Topics A. Set Theory (Marks: 60)

(i) Basic Notions of Set Theory [8 hours]

(ii) Basic Operations on Sets [9 hours]

(iii) Relations; Binary (25 hours)

(iv) Functions (17 hours)

B. Philosophy of Logic (Marks:30)

Existence and Predication (25 hours)

MA

SEMESTER

III

PGPHIL

303L

Western Logic

4 Credits Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Recommended Topics A. Non-Deductive Systems

Recommended Topics:

(i) Problem of Induction (8 hours)

(ii) Hypothesis (9 hours)

(iii) The Nature of Evidence- statements

(iv) Justification of Induction

Recommended Texts

(i) S.F. Barker: Induction and Hypothesis, Cornell University Press

(ii) R.B. Braithwaite: Scientific Explanation, Harper and Brothers

(iii) Arther Pap: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Eyre and Spotliswoode.

PGPHIL

302N Prācīna-Nyāya 4 Credit

Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Nyāya-

Vaiśiṣika

Recommended Text Nyāya Sūtra with Vātsyāyana Bhāṣya 1

st Adhyāya

(prameya khaṅda)

i).Nyāyadarśana :Eng.Trans:D.P.Chattopadhyay

&

M.K.Gangopadhyay.

ii) Nyāya :Phanibhusan Takabagisa

(In Bengali)

iii)Nyāya Paricaya : Phanibhusan Takabagisa

(In Bengali)

iv) Nyāya Sūtra of Gautam (Vol.1):Ganganāth Jha

v).Nyāyakusumānjali :(ed)Syāmāpada Misra

(In Bengali)

vi) Nyāyakusumānjali :(ed)Shrimohan Bhattacharya

(In Bengali)

vii) Nyāyatattava Parikramā:Kalikrishna Bandopadhyay

(In Bengali)

MA

SEMESTER

III

PGPHIL

303N

Nyāya-

Vaiśiṣika

Prācīna-Nyāya

4 Credit Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Recommended Topics/Texts

Nyāya Kusumānjaliḥof Udayanacharya [First, and Second with Haridasi tika]

Suggested Readings:

.Nyāyadarśana :Eng.Trans:D.P.Chattopadhyay

&

M.K.Gangopadhyay.

Nyāya :Phanibhusan Takabagisa

(In Bengali)

Nyāya Paricaya : Phanibhusan Takabagisa

(In Bengali)

Nyāya Sūtra of Gautam (Vol.1):Ganganāth Jha

.Nyāyakusumānjali :(ed)Syāmāpada Misra

(In Bengali)

Nyāyakusumānjali :(ed)Shrimohan Bhattacharya

(In Bengali)

Nyāyatattava Parikramā:Kalikrishna Bandopadhyay

(In Bengali)

PGPHIL

302V

Vedanta

Advaita Mataphysics 4 Credit

Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Recommended Topics& Texts

1. Brahmasūtra Saṅkaravāṣya : Ācāryya Śaņkara

(Selected portion)

MA

SEMESTER

III

PGPHIL

303V

Schools of Vedanta

Ramanuja & Madhva

4 Credit Minimum Learning Hour:

84

Recommended Texts

1.Sribhasya (selected portion)

2.Purnaprajnabhasya (selected portion)

Suggested Readings

1.S.M. Srinivasa Chari: Advaita and Visistadvaita

2. P.N. Srinivasachari: Philosophy of Visistadvaita

3. P.Nagaraja Rao: The Epistemology of Dvaita Vedanta

4. B.N.K. Sharma: A History of DvaitaSchool of Vedanta and its literature

5. Srinivasacarya: Yatindramatadipika

PGPHIL

302S

Sāṇkhya-I

4

Credit

Minimum Learning Hour: 84

Isvarakrishna: Sāṇkhyakārikā with

Sāṇkhyatattvakaumudi of Vācāspati Misra

(excluding karika-Nos.1-3 and 9-22] [84 Hours]

PG303S Sāṅkhya-II

1. Isvarakrishna: Sāṇkhyakārikā with Yuktidipika (Selection from

Sāṇkhyakārikā-1 to kārikā 22) [84 hours

Suggested Readings:

PG302E

Bio-medical Ethics

4

Recommended Topics

i) Introduction: A brief history of biomedical ethics, its definition and scope, Mid-

level Principles and Some Moral Theories (5 hours)

ii) The Patient-Doctor Relationship: Informed Consent, Therapeutic Privilege, The

Rule of Confidentiality

iii) Medical Research on Human: The Human: The Nuremberg Code, Design of

Clinical Trials, Equipoise, Randomization and Placebos, Problems with consent,

Vulnerable Populations (14 Hours)

iv) Reproductive Rights and Technologies: Abortion, The Moral Status of Embryo/

Fetus, Surrogate Mother-hood, Sex- selection and Female Feticide, Cloning

v) Genetic: Genetic Testing and Screening, Gene Therapy, Genetic Enhancement,

Eugenics (14 hours)

vi) Medical Decision at The End of Life: Defining Death, Withdrawing and

Withholding Treatment, Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide (8 hours)

vii) Allocating scarce Medical resources: Quality-Adjusted life-years, Age-Based,

Rationing, Organ Transplantation( 8 Hours)

viii)Biomedical Ethics in Ancient India (5 Hours)

PGPHIL303

Applied Ethics in Indian Context

Recommended Topics:

1. Standards of Moral Action: Lokopadeśa, Lokasthiti, Lokasiddhi, Sukhavāda,

Preya-s,

Śreya-s

2. The Jaina view of pañcavrata and anuvrata

3. The Nyāya concept of cikīrsā, dveśa

4. Environmental Ethics in:

a. prithivīsukta

b. Visnupurāṇa (2.6 & 3.11)

c. Yogasutra

d. Yuktidipika

PGPHIL

302B

Buddhist Philosophy-I 4 Credit

Buddhist Logic and Epistemology

Unit –I:

a) Samyak-jñāna: its nature and significance; Nature and kinds of sat: Prameya-s and

Prāmaṇa-s

b) Conditions of jñāna, Avisaṁvākatva, Vyavahartavyatva and Avijñātārtha-

prakāśakatva

c) pramāṇa-Vyasthā/ Viplava vs Nyāya Pramāṇa-saṁplava, Pramāṇātara-bhāva.

Unite-II

1. Views on Prāmāṇa and Apramāṇya.

2. Pratyakṣa: its nature and kinds: Dignāga and Dharmakīrti

3. Nature and four kinds of Brānti.

Unit: III

1.Dignāga‘s conception of Anumāna, Svārthānumāna and Parārthānumāna; Sādhana-s-

Pakṣa, Hetu and Drstanta, Nāntariyaka-saṁbandha, various forms of valid inferences.

2. Dharmakirti‘s Theory of Anumana :Svārthānumāna: Trairupya of Hetu and Tridhatva

of Hetu.Avinabhava-Niyama: its nature and grounds.

3. Parārthānumāna: Sadharmayavat and Vaidharmyavat-rayoga, Vyapya-Vyapaka

Bhava abd forms of svabhava-prativandha: Tadatmya Tadutpatti.

Unit-IV

1.Dharmakirti on the nature and Kindsof of Hetvabhasa-s, Paksabhasa-s and

Sadhanabhasa-s

2. Dharmakirti on Vada and Nigrahasthana-s

3. Dharmakirti on the distinction between Hetvabhasa and Nigrahasthana-s.

Recommended Texts: 1.Dhruva A.b.9ed.),Dignaga’s Nyaya-Pravesa, Baroda Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1954

2. Dignaga; Chatterjee Durgacharana (ed.0, Hetu-cakra-hamura (Niranaya),Indianhistorical

Quarterly,Vol.9,1933

3.Chandrasekhar Shastri (ed.), Pramaana-vartika of acarya Dharmakirti, Bauddha Bharati,

Varanasi,1968

4.Dharmakirti: Nyayabindu, Chaukhamva, Varanasi,1954

5.Sanghavi Sukhalalaji and Jinavijayaji (eds),Hetu-bindu ofDharmakirti,Gaikwad

OrientalInstitute,Baroda. 1949

Suggested readings:

i) Vidyabhusana S.C.,History of Indian Logic, Motilal Banarasidass, Delhi, 1978.

ii) Prasad Rajendra, Dharmakirti‘s Theory of Inference: Revolution and

reconstruction, OxfordUniversity Press, New Delhi,2002

iii) Motilal,B.K. &Evans, R.D.(eds.), Buddhist Logic and Epistemology,

D.Reidel,Dordrecht,1986

iv) Stcherbatsky Th. , Buddhist Logic, Vol.I-II, Dover,New York,1962

v) 5. Chi,R.S.Y., Buddhist Formal logic,MotilalBanarasidass,Delhi,1984.

vi) ShastriD.N., ThePhilosophyofNyaya-Vaisesika and its Conflict withBuddhist

DinagaSchool,BharatiyaVidya Prakasana, Delhi.

PGPHIL

303B

Buddhist Philosophy – II

4 Credits

Unit I: Early Buddhism

i)Socio-culture and philosophical background to the rise of Buddhism.

ii) Other contemporary philosophical sects (samanaphalasutta)

iii)Is Buddhism a religion?Three jewels of Buddhism

i) Avyakrta prasnasa and silence

ii) Dharma-chakra-pravartana ana pratityasamutpada

iii) Buddhism as Middle Path

iv) Nirvana its description, interpretation and kinds (Sapadisesa and Nirupadisesa)

v) Four stage towards Nirvana: Srotapanna, Sakrdagami, Anagami and Arhat

Unit II: Buddhist Ethics

Recommended Texts and Topics:

i))Brahmavihara, Sīla-for Sravakas and Bhikkhus

ii) Dhammapada: pramada varga, apramada varga, citta varga, brahmanya

iii) varga,

Suggested Readings:

i) The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya,

trans.M.Walshe, Boston, Wisdom Publications,1987

ii) Dhammapada, Trans. Narada Thera, Reprint, Corporate Body of the Buddha

Educational Foundation, Taiwan,1993

iii) P.Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge

University Press,2000. Chs 1-3

iv) D.J.Kalupahana, Ethics in Early Buddhism, Delhi, MotilalBaranasidass,2008

v) P.De Silva, ― Buddhist Ethics.” In A Compnion to Ethics, ed. Peter Singer,

Oxford, Blackwell Publishers,1993,pp.58-68

vi) H.S.Prasad, The Centrality of Ethics in Buddhism: Exploratory Essays,Delhi,

Motilal Baranasidass 1980

vii) G.S.P. Misra, Development of Buddhist Ethics, Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal,

reprint,1995.

viii) TheHoly Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana scripture( A translation of

Vimalakirtinirdesa), trans.R.A.F. Thurman, Delhi, Motilal Baranasidass,1991

ix) Compendium of Philosophy (Being A translation now made for the first Time

from the original Pali Abhidhammattha-sangaha with Introductory essay and

notesby Shwe Zan Aung) ed. C,A.F. Rhys Davids, Pali Text Society,

oxford:1910;1979

x) Buddhist Philosophy: A Historical Analysis byDavid J.Kalupahana, the

University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.

xi) A Concise Encyclopedia of Early Buddhist Philosophy, Eastern Book Linkers,

Delhi

xii) A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy by C.D.Sharma, Motilal Baranassidass,

Delhi.

xiii) An Introduction to Indian Philosophy by Satischandra Chatterjee & dhirendra

Mohan Datta, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.

xiv) The Path of Purity by Pe Maung Tin PTS. London,1975

PGPHIL

302R Comparative Religion – I 4 Credit

Recommended Topic

1. Hinduism: a)Introduction i) Unique Features ii) Number of Followers

b) History of development

c) i) Founder Prophet ii) Scriptures

d) Metaphysical Theology: Philosophy of Religion or dogmatic

theology

i) Metaphysical Concepts: God, Soul and Universe ii) Human

Destiny

a) Earthly existence b) Eschatology ( Life after death), c)

Soteriology

(Salvation).

e) Moral Theology: Ethics: i) Moral Order of Universe ii) Main

Virtue

f) Cults or Worship: i) Creed ii) Rituals iii) Mythology

g) Mystical Theology (Mysticism)

h) Institution: i) Community: a) Monastic b) Lay

ii) Custom, Festivals

iii) Sects

v) Hagiology (Study of the life of Holy men)

2. Sikhism

3. Jainism

4. Christianity

a)Introduction i) Unique Features ii) Number of Followers

b) History of development

c) i) Founder Prophet ii) Scriptures

d) Metaphysical Theology: Philosophy of Religion or dogmatic

theology

i) Metaphysical Concepts: God, Soul and Universe ii) Human

Destiny

a) Earthly existence b) Eschatology ( Life after death), c)

Soteriology

(Salvation).

e) Moral Theology: Ethics: i) Moral Order of Universe ii) Main

Virtue

f) Cults or Worship: i) Creed ii) Rituals iii) Mythology

g) Mystical Theology (Mysticism)

h) Institution: i) Community: a) Monastic b) Lay

ii) Custom, Festivals

iii) Sects

iv) Hagiology (Study of the life of Holy men)

PGPHIL

303R COMPARATIVE RELIGION II 4 Credits

Recommended Topic

A. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (Marks: 50)

1. Philosophy of Religions a) Issues of truth and objectivity with respect

to religions, b) Issues that concerns the modern mind regarding

religions in a cross cultural perspective, c) Issues of creationism

versus evolutionism, human suffering, freewill and karma, religious

experience, faith and interpretation, religious pluralism and religious

and secular morality, d) implications of religious pluralism for

religious faith.

2. Philosophy of Religion in the Ancient World: The Indian Concept

3. Philosophy of Religion in the Ancient World: The Greek Concept

4. Philosophy of Religion in the Medieval World: The Christian and

Islamic Concepts

5. Medieval Indian Philosophy of Religion: Early Medieval and Late

Medieval

B.INTER RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE (Marks: 50)

1. Prehistoric religions and historic religions

2. Inter-religious dialogue

3. Religious pluralism

4. Education for dialogue

5. Organizing Inter-religious dialogue groups

6. Inter-religious prayer

7. Hurdles for dialogue

8. Fundamentalism

9. Communal conflicts

10. Liberation Theology

11. Current trends and future perspectives

PGPHIL

302M PHILOSOPHY OF MINDand COGNITION-I

(Marks: 100)

4 Credit

Metaphysics of Mind

Recommended Topic

a. Introducing the mind-body problem

b. Dualism and varieties

c. Behaviourism and varieties

d. Identity theory and varieties

e. Epiphenomenalism

c. Functionalism and varieties

e. Eliminative Materialism

f. Anomalous Monism

Suggested Readings:

i) Meditations on First Philosophy (excerpts from the Second and

the Sixth∙ Meditation) - John Cottingham (ed.), UK, Cambridge

University Press, 1996.

ii) Descartes‘ Myth (excerpts)-Gilbert Ryle in Concept of Mind,

London,∙ Routledge, 2009.

iii) ‗Sensational and Brain Processes‘ by J.J.C. Smart in The Mind-

Brain Identity Theory-C.V. Borst (ed.),London, Macmillan,

1979.

iv) ‗The Causal Theory‘ by D.M. Armstrong in Mind and

Cognition: an anthology-W.G. Lycan(ed.), USA, Blackwell,

1990,

v) ‗Is Conscious a Brain Process?‘ by U.T. Place in Mind and

Cognition: an anthology-W.G. Lycan(ed.), Blackwell,

USA,1990

vi) The Mechanical Mind(Chapter 3, 2nd edition)- Tim

Crane,London, Routledge, 2003.

vii) ‗The Nature of Mental States‘ by Hilary Putnam in Readings in

Philosophy of∙ Psychology(vol 1) –Ned Block(ed.), Harvard

University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983.

viii) ‗Troubles with Functionalism‘ by Ned Block in Readings in

Philosophy of∙ Psychology(vol 1) –Ned Block(ed.), Harvard

University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983.

ix) ‗Mental Events‘ by Donald Davidson in Mind and Cognition:

an anthology, W.G.∙ Lycan(ed.), Blackwell, USA, ,1990

x) ‗Multiple Realisation and the Metaphysics of Reduction‘ by

Jaegwon Kim in Supervenience and mind, NY, Cambridge

University Press, 1993.

xi) ‗The Many Problems of Mental Causation‘ by Jaegwon Kim in

Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind-Body

problem And Mental Causation, MIT Press,USA, 2000.

xii) Matter and Consciousness (Chapter 2 & 3, Revised edition)-

Paul Churchland, USA, MIT Press, 2001.

PGPHIL

303M Philosophy of Mind and Cognition– II (100 Marks)

4 Credit

Group A: Consciousness a. Introducing the problem of consciousness

b. Nature and characteristics of Consciousness

c. Psychological and Phenomenal concept of mind

d. Nature of Qualia:

(i)Knowledge argument,

(ii)Explanatory argument

(iii)Modal argument

e. Refutation of Qualia

Group B: Contemporary Issues in Philosophy of Mind a. Self knowledge

b. The Extended Mind

c. The problem of Other Minds

i) Introduction to the problem of Other Minds

ii) Theory Theory

iii) Simulation Theory

d. Personal Identity

Suggested Readings: i) The Conscious Mind (Introduction) – D. Chalmers, 1996, OUP.

ii) ‗Concept of Consciousness‘ in Consciousness, Function and

Representation, Ned Block,2007, USA, MIT Press.

iii) Consciousness: An Introduction- Susan Blackmore, 2004,OUP.

iv) What It Is Like To Be A Bat?- Thomas Negel in The Nature of Mind, D. M.

Rosenthal (ed.), 2001, OUP.

v) Consciousness and Its Place in Nature – D. J. Chalmers in Blackwell Guide

to∙ the Philosophy of Mind, Stich and Warfield (eds.) 2003, Blackwell.

vi) Quining Qualia-D. C. Dennett in Consciousness in Modern Science, A.

Marcel∙ and E. Bisiach (eds.), 1988, OUP.

vii) Epiphenomenal Qualia- F. Jackson (for knowledge argument) in

Philosophical∙ Quarterly 32, 1982.

viii) Materialism and Qualia: The Explanatory Gap-J. Levine (for explanatory∙

argument) in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly,64, 1983.

ix) ―Knowing Ones Own Mind‖, by Donald Davidson, in Quassim Cassam

(ed.), Self-Knowledge, OUP, Oxford, 1994.

x) ―Mental Content‖, Philosophy of Mind ( Chapter 8)- J. Kim, West view

Press, Colorado, 1998.

xi) ―The Extended Mind‖ by A. Clark and J. Chalmers in Analysis 58, 1998.

xii) Matter and Consciousness (Chapter 4)-P.M. Churchland, MIT Press, 1984.

xiii) Theories of Theories of Mind- Peter Carruthers, Cambridge University∙

Press,1996.

xiv) Mental Simulations- Martin Daves∙ & Tony Stone (ed.), (Chapter 2)-A.I.

Goldman, Blackwell, 1995.

xv) Simulating Mind: The Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind

Reading- A.I. Goldman, OUP, 2008,

xvi) ―Reductionism and Personal Identity‖ by Derek Parfit in Philosophy of

Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings-D.J. Chalmers, OUP, 2002.

xvii) Richard Menary, The Extended Mind, Bradford Books, USA, 2010.

xviii) Mark Rowlands, The New Science of Mind: From Extended Mind to

Embodied Phenomenology, Bradford Books, USA, 2010.

xix) Robert D., Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind, Oxford University

Press, Oxford, 2010.

xx) Larry Shapiro, ―The Embodied Cognition Research Programme‖,

Philosophy Compass, 2/2, 2007, pp. 338-346.

xxi) Michael L. Anderson, ―How to Study the Mind: An Introduction to

Embodied Cognition‖. (http://cogprints.org/3945/1/bes_ec.pdf) Brian Cantwell Smith, ―Situatedness/Embeddedness‖, in MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive

Science, 1999.

MAPHIL

302P

Philosophy of Science – I (Marks 100) 4Credit

Recommended Topics:

1. Philosophy of Science: Its scope and significance

2. Positivist Philosophy of Science

3. Hypothetico-deductivism

4. Kuhnian Philosophy of Science

5. Methodology of Scientific Research

6. Methodological Pluralism

7. Models of Scientific Explanation

8. Nature of Theory and Observation in Science

9. Models of Confirmation f Scientific Hypothesis

10. Possibility of Reduction in Science

11. Measurement in Science

12. Philosophy of Experiment

Suggested Readings:

i) Readings in Philosophy of Science, R. Boyd, P. Casper and J Trout (eds.),

1995, MIT Press, Cambridge MA

ii) Readings in the Philosophy of Science, B. Brody, 1989, Prentice Hall

iii) What is a thing called Science? A.F. Chalmers, 1976, Milton Keynes: The

Open University Press 1976

iv) Against Method, P.K. Feyeraband, 1975, London, Verso

v) Philosophy of Natural Science C.G. Hempel, 1966, Prentice Hall

vi) The Structure of Scientific Revolution- T.S. Kuhn,1962, University of

Chicago Press

vii) ‘Falsification and the Method of Scientific Research Progammes’- I.Lakatos

in Lakatos and Musgrave (eds.) Criticism and Growth of Knowledge,

Cambridge,1970.

viii) Logic of Scientific Discovery – K.R. Popper, London,1959,

Hutchison

ix) Representing and Intervening-J.Hacking, 1983, CUP

MAPHIL

303P Philosophy of Science – II (Marks 100) 4 Credit

Recommended Topic

1. Galileo

2. Copernican astronomy

3. The Mechanical Philosophy

4. Newtonianism and the Enlightenment

5. Darwin and Evolution

6. Mendel and Genesis

7. Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

8. Theories of the Aether and relativity

9. Early Quantum Theory

PGPHIL302

A Aesthetic –I (Indian)

4

Suggestive Readings:

i) Rabindranath Tagore, The Religion of Man, Harper Collins, India,1988

ii) Sri Aurobindo Ghose, The Foundations of Indian Culture, Pondicherry 1995

iii) (ed.) V. M.Kulkarni, Some Aspect of Rasa Theory, B.L. Institute ofIndology, 1986.

iv) A.K.Coomaraswamy, The Dance of Shiva [Reprint]

v) K.C. Pandry, Comparative Aesthetic[Vol.1] Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series,

Varanasi,1971.

vi) V.M.Kulkarni, Outlineof Abhinavagupta, Aesthetic, Saraswati Pustak Bhandar,

Allahabad,1998

vii) Sisir Kumar Ghose, Rabindranath Tagore, Sahitya Akademi,1994

viii) N.Balasubramania, [Tr.]Indian Poetics, Sahitya Akademy,2001

ix) T.P.Ramachandrana,The Indian Philosophy of Beauty Part I & amp; RIASP University

of Madras,1979

x) S.S. Barlingay, A Modern Introduction to Indian Aesthetic Theory,

D.K.Printworld,2007

xi) G.Vijavardama, Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics, Chowlhamba Series, 1970

xii) Ranjan K Ghosh, Great Indian Thinkers on Art: Creative, Aesthetic Communication

and Freedom, Sundeep Prakshan, Delhi, 2006.

PGPHIL

303A

AESTHETICS-I (Western) 4 Credit

Recommended Topics:

1. Nature and Problems of aesthetic; Definition of Art-Plato, Croce, Collingwood,

Tolstoy, Clive Bell and Roger Fry, Susanne K.Langer

2. The Creative Process; Art and Expression; Art and From- ―Significant From‖[C.Bell];

―From of feeling‖ (Susanne K.Langer); Art and Imagnation.

3. Response to Art: I.Kant, Tolstoy, E. Bullough, G. Santayana

4. Art and criticism: ― Intentional Fallacy‖ (Wimsatt and beardsley ) ; Aesthetics Terms

(Frank Sibley).

Recommended Texts:

1. M.Rader [ed.]: a Modern Book of Esthetic [An Anthology] Fifth Edition, Holt.,

Rinehart & amp; Winston 1979

2. Oswald handling (ed). Philosophical Aesthetics: An Introduction , Blackwell,1993

3. Harold Osborne (ed.) Aesthetic, OUP 1978

4. J. Margolis: Art and Philosophy: Conceptual Issues in aesthetics, Humanities Press,

1976

5. M.C.Beardsley: Aesthetics: Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism, Harcourt, brace

and World, 1958

Suggested Readings:

i) Susanne Langer, Feeling and From, Routledge and Kegan Paul,1953

ii) Anne Sheppard: Aesthetic: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art, Oxford University

Press, 1987

iii) M.C.Beardsley, Aesthetic: from Classical Greece to the Present-A Short History,

University of Alabama Press,1966

iv) Dabney Townsend, An Introduction to Aesthetic, Blackwell 1997

v) P. Kivy, Philosophies in Art : an Essay in differences, Cup 1997

vi) Ranjan K.Ghosh. Concepts and Presupposition in Aesthetics. Ajanta Publishers. Delhi

1987

vii) Colin Lyas. Aesthetics, Routedge, 1997

viii) R.A.Sharpe, Contemporary Aesthetic: A Philosophical Analysis St Martin ;

Press,1983

ix) Peter kivy, speaking of art, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague,1973

PGPHIL

302PC

PEACE & CONFLICT STUDIES

Recommended Text and Topics

1. Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies: Foundational Theories I

2. Understanding Conflict & Violence: Foundational Theories II

3. Gandhi‘s Way to Peace: The Global Legacy

4. Conflict Handling Mechanism: Applied Theories

5. Field Work: Training and Experience

Suggested Readings:

i) Bercovitch, Jacob, et.al. 2009. The Sage Handbook of Conflict Resolution. New Delhi: Sage Publication.

ii) Bose, Anima. 1987. Dimensions of Peace and Non-violence: The Gandhian Perspectives

Coser, Lewis. 1956. The Functions of Social Conflict. New York: Free Press.

ii) Deutsch, Morten. 2006. ‗Justice and Conflict.‘ In The Handbook of Conflict

Resolution: Theory and Practice, edited by Coleman, Deutsch, and Marcus. San

Francisco: John Wiley and Sons

iii) Fisher Simon, et.al. 2000. Working with Conflict: Skills and Strategies for Action.

London: Zed Books.

iv) Galtung, Johan. 1985. ‗Twenty-five Years of Peace Research: Ten Challenges and

Some Responses.‘ Journal of Peace Research 22(2): 141–158.

v) Galtung, Johan. 1996. Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace, Conflict, Development and

Civilization. New Delhi: Sage Publication.

vi) Jeong, Ho-Won. 2000. Peace and Conflict Studies: An Introduction. London:

Ashgate Publication.

vii) Johnston, Douglas and Sampson Cynthia, eds. 1994. Religion: The Missing

Dimension of Statecraft. New York: Oxford University Press.

viii) Johnston, Douglas, ed. 2003. Faith Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik. New

York: Oxford University Press.

ix) Juergensmeyer, Mark. 2003. Gandhi’s Way: A Handbook of Conflict Resolution.

New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

x) Lederach, John Paul, 2003, Little Book of Conflict Transformation: Intercourse.

PA: Good Books.

xi) Lederach, John Paul. 1995. Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across

Cultures. New York: Syracuse University Press. 3

xii) Pruitt & Kim. 2004. Social Conflict: Escalation, Stalemate, and Settlement. 3rd

Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

xiii) Ramsbothan, Woodhouse and Miall, ed. 2011. Contemporary Conflict Resolution,

Chapter 1 & 4. USA: Polity Press.

xiv) Sandole, Dennis J.D. and van der Merwe, Hugo. 1993. Conflict Resolution Theory

and Practice: Integration and Application. Manchester: Manchester University

Press.

xv) Smock, David R. 1995. Perspectives on Pacifism: Christian, Jewish and Muslim

Views on Non-violence and International Conflict, Washington, D.C.: United States

Institute of Peace Press.

xvi) Sponsel, Leslie E and Thomas Gregor, eds. 1994. The Anthropology of Peace and

Non- Violence. Bouldert, Colo: L.Rienner

xvii) Upadhyaya, P. 2009. ‗Peace and Conflict: Reflections on Indian Thinking.‘

Strategic Analysis, 33(1).

xviii) Wallensteen, Peter. 1988. Peace Research: Achievements and Challenges. London:

Westview Press.

xix) Wallensteen, Peter. 2007. Understanding Conflict Resolution: War, Peace and

Global System. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

xx) Weber, Thomas. 1991. Conflict Resolution and Gandhian Ethics. New Delhi:

Gandhi Peace Foundation.

xxi) Weber, Thomas. 2006. Gandhi, Gandhism and the Gandhians. New Delhi: Lotus

Publication.

xxii) Wehr, Paul. 2006. ‗Conflict Mapping.‘ In Beyond Intractability. Online:

http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/coflict mapping/

xxiii) William W. Wilmot,& Joyce L. Hocker. 2001. Interpersonal Conflict. New York:

McGraw Hill.

PGPHIL

303PC

Recommended Text and Topic

1. International Organization & Conflict Resolution

2. Contemporary International Conflicts

3. Anatomy of Internal Conflicts in India

4. Conflict and Community Development

5. Report Writing on an Assigned Field Work

Suggested Reading:

i) Arendt, Hannah. 1970. On Violence. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.

ii) Fukuyama, F. 1989. ‗The End of History.‘ National Interest, no. 16. Summer.

iii) Huntington, Samuel P. 1996. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World

Order. New York: Simon and Schuster.

iv) Jeong, Ho-Won. 2008. Understanding Conflict and Conflict Analysis. New Delhi: Sage

Publications.

v) Kriesberg, Louis. 1998. Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution. New

York: Rowman and Littlefield

vi) Parsons, A, 1995, From Cold War to Hot Peace, London: Micheal joseph

vii) Pruitt & Kim. 2004. Social Conflict: Escalation, Stalemate, and Settlement, 3rd Edition.

Boston: McGraw-Hill.

viii) Rothman, Jay. 1997. Resolving Identity Based Conflicts in Nations,

Organization, and Communities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

ix) Roy, Beth. 1994. Some Trouble with Cows: Making Sense of Social Conflict. Berkley:

University of California Press

x) Smith, Anthony. 1986. The Ethnic Origins of Nations. Oxford: Basil Blackbell.

xi) Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, The Melian Dialogues (Book 5, Chapter 17)

xii) Ury, William. 2000. The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We can Stop. New York:

Pengui

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302W

Early Wittgenstein-I

Recommended Text

Tractatus (selected portion)

WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, translated by C.K. Ogden and

F.P. Ramsey (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1922). Also translated by D.F.

Pears and B.F. McGuinness (London: Routledge, 1961)

Suggested Reading

i) . ANSCOMBE, G.E.M., An Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus (London: Hutchinson,

1959). Also new edition by St. Augustine's Press:2001. [Still the best introduction to the

Tractatus]

ii). GRIFFIN, James, Wittgenstein's Logical Atomism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964).

iii). KENNY, Anthony, Wittgenstein (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975), chs 1-5.

iv). WHITE, Roger, Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: A Reader's Guide(London:

Continuum, 2006).

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303W

Early Wittgenstein-II

Philosophical Investigations

On Certaiainity

Recommended Text

WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, Philosophical Investigations, translated by G.E.M. Anscombe.3rd

ed. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1968).

WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, On Certainty, edited by G.E.M. Anscombe and G.H. vonWright

(Oxford: Blackwell, 1969).

Suggested Reading

i) . MCGINN, Marie, Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical

Investigations (London: Routledge, 1997).

ii). WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, The Blue and Brown Books (Oxford: Blackwell, 1965), ' [Very

helpful introduction to

theInvestigations. Presents many themes and doctrines in a much plainer way] MCGINN,

Marie, Sense and Certainty (Oxford: Blackwell, 1989). [A good survey of the Wittgenstein's

views on epistemology and their relation to the themes of the Investigations]

iii). MOORE, G.E., Philosophical Papers (London: Allen & Unwin, 1959), ch. 2 'A Defence of

Common Sense'.

iv). MOORE, G.E., Philosophical Papers (London: Allen & Unwin, 1959), ch. 7 'Proof of an

External World'. Reprinted in J. Kim and E. Sosa, eds., Epistemology: an Anthology (Oxford:

Blackwell, 2000). [These two papers by Moore provided much of the stimulus for

Wittgenstein's reflections in On Certainty, hence they are of considerable historical interest and

help in understanding the context of his thought]

v). MOYAL-SHARROCK, Danièle, Understanding Wittgenstein's on Certainty (Basingstoke:

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).

Hard

Core

Course

PGPHIL

401

Continental Philosophy 4 Credits

Recommended Topics & Texts

i) Phenomenology: Development of Husserl‘s Phenomenology, Reduction,

Essential, Intuition, Intentionality, Solipsism and Intersubjectivity, The Life-

World (28Hours)

ii) Existentialism: Satre‘s Existentialism, Nothingness, Being-for-itself vis-à-

vis Being-in-itself, Freedom and Responsibility, Bad Faith(25 Hours)

iii) Hermeneutics: Basic Notion: The Idea of Text, Explanation and

Interpretation, Criteria of Acceptability of Interpretation; Heidegger‘s

Hermeneutics of Being and Dasein (34 Hours)

Suggested Readings: i) Edmund Husserl: Ideas, Book-I, Martinus Nijhoff

ii) Edmund Husserl: The crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental

Phenomenology, North-Western University Press.

iii) Herbert Speigelberg: The Phenomenology Movement (vols.I &II), Martinus Nijhoff

J,N.Mohanty & W.R.Mckenna (eds):

PGPHIL

402L

WESTERN LOGIC 4

A. The Logic of Relations

i) Symbolizing Relations (17 Hours)

ii) Arguments Involving Relations (13 Hours)

iii) Some Attributes of Relations (14 Hours)

iv) Identity and Definite Descriptions (16 Hours)

B. Deductive System

i) Definition and Deduction (5 Hours)

ii) Euclidian Geometry (3 Hours)

iii) Formal Deductive Systems (3 Hours)

iv) Attributes of Formal Deductive Systems (8 Hours)

v) Logistic System (5 Hours)

Recommended Texts:

i) M.Copy: Symbolic Logic

Suggestive Readings:

i) Richard C. Jeffery, Formal Logic: Its Scope and Limits (1st edition), Tata

McGraw-Hill (Chapters 6,7 and 9), 1962

ii) W.V.O: Methods of Logic, Routledge, 1982

PGPHIL

403L

WESTERN LOGIC

Section: I

i) The P.M.System: Primitive Ideas, The Syntactical Rules, Definitions, the

postulates, Rules for Deduction of Theorems (propositional part) (42 Hours)

ii) Modal Propositional Logic: The T System, S4,S5 (17 Hours)

Section: II

i) Three Grades of Modal Involvements (25 Hours)

Recommended Texts:

i) B.Russell & A.N. Whitehead: Principia Mathematica (abridged ed), Part-I:

1,2, 2.41, Cambridge University Press,1970

ii) G.E.Hughes & M.Cresswell: An Introduction to Modal logic, Methun,

Chapters 1&2, 1972.

iii) W.V.O. Quine : The Ways of Paradox and others Essays, Random

House,1965

Suggestive Readings:

i) G.E.Hughes & D.G. Londey: The Elements of Formal Logic, Methun,1965

ii) A.Ambrose and M.Lazerowitz: Fundamentals ofSymbolicLogic, New

York,1962 (Chapter VIII)

iii) I.M. Copy:Symbolic Logic (5th

edition) Prentice Hall of India, Pvt.Ltd.,1998

iv) Basson and O‘Corner: Introduction to Symbolic Logic, Oxford University

Press,1993

PGPHIL

402N NAVYA NYAYA-1

Recommended Texts and Topics

Visvanatha: Bhasapariccheda with Sidhantamuktavali

( Karika-s 51-55& 125-137) (84 Hours)

PGPHIL

403N NAVYA NYAYA-II

Recommended Texts and Topics

Gangesa: Vyāptipañcaka (1st vyaptilaksana)(84 Hours)

PGPHIL

402S LATER SAMKHYA

Recommended Texts

Vijñānabhikṣu: Sāmkhyapravacanasūtra with Sāmkhyapravacanabhāsya

Selections from adhyaya1and adhyaya II (84 Hours)

PGPHIL

403S PATANALA YOGA

Patanjali: Yogasūtrabhāsya Vāsya (Selections from sutra 1.1to sutra II .29) (84 Hours)

PGPHIL

402V Vedānta– III

Recommended Text

Advaita Metaphysics

Recommended Texts:

1. Daśasloki: Madhusudhan Saraswati

PGPHIL

403V Vedānta– IV

Recommended Topics

Schools of Vedanta (Vallabha and Nimbarka)

Recommended Texts:

1. Anu-bhasya (selected portion)

2. Vedanta-Parijatasourabha (selected portion)

PGPHIL

402E

Indian Ethical Praxis

APPLIED ETHICS IN INDIAN CONTEXTS

1. Different Moral Standards of Action: Lokopadesa, Lokaprasiddhi, Lokasthiti,

Lokasiddhi, Sukhavada, Preya-s, Sreya-s (17 Hours)

2. The Jaina view of pancabrata (17 Hours)

3. The Nyaya view of Cikirsa, Dvesa (11Hours)

4. The Doctrine of Moksa: Nyaya view Sankara‘s view (16 classes)ś

5. Environmental Ethics in Ancient India (11+12 Classes)

i) Prithivisukta: Atharva Veda

ii) Visnupurana (2.6 &3.11)

Recommended Texts:

i) Umasvati: Tattvarthasutra (Ch-VII)

ii) Viswanatha: Bhasaparichheda Karika

iii) Gotama: Nyayasutra 1.1.12,Vatsyayanabhasya

iv) Badrayana: Brahmasutra 4.4.1 – Sankarabhasya

v) Atharva Veda (XII,1)

vi) Vedavyasa: Visnupurana

Recommended Texts:

vii) Umasvati: Tattvarthasutra (Ch-VII)

viii) Viswanatha: Bhasaparichheda Karika

ix) Gotama: Nyayasutra 1.1.12,Vatsyayanabhasya

x) Badrayana: Brahmasutra 4.4.1 – Sankarabhasya

xi) Atharva Veda (XII,1)

xii) Vedavyasa: Visnupurana

Suggested Readings:

i) The Ethics of the Hindus: S.K.Moitra

ii) The Heart of Jainism: Sinclair Stevenson

iii) Dasavaikasutra: Kastur Chand Lalwani

iv) Umasvati‘s Tattvarthasutra (Ch-III): Nathmal Tantia

Suggested Readings:

v) The Ethics of the Hindus: S.K.Moitra

vi) The Heart of Jainism: Sinclair Stevenson

vii) Dasavaikasutra: Kastur Chand Lalwani

viii) Umasvati‘s Tattvarthasutra (Ch-III): Nathmal Tantia

PGPHIL4

03E

Environmental Issues in Western Applied Ethics

Recommended Topics: A. Anthropocentrism and Speciesism (25 Hours)

Recommended Texts:

iv) ‗Anthropocentrism: A Misunderstood Problem‘ : Tim Hayward, Part-1,

Chapter 3 of his Political Theory and Ecological Values, Polity Press,1988

v) ‗Speciesism‘, Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics : Donald A.Graft (ed. Ruth

Chadwick et all), Academic Press,1998,Vol.IV

Recommended Topics:

B. Biocentrism and Animal Right (17 Hours)

Recommended Texts:

1. ‗The Ethics of Respect for Nature‘ Environmental Philosophy : From Animal

Rights to Radical Ecology (eds. Michael E. Zimmerman et al), Prentice Hall,

1993: Paul Taylor

2. ‗Animal Rights, Human Wrongs‘ , Environmental Philosophy : From Animal

Rights to Radical Ecology (eds. Michael E. Zimmerman et al), Prentice Hall,

1993: Paul Regon

Recommended Topics:

C. Ecocentrism: the land ethic and Deep Ecology (34 Hours)

Recommended Texts:

i)‗The Land Epic‘ Environmental Philosophy : From Animal Rights to Radical

Ecology (eds. Michael E. Zimmerman et al), Prentice Hall, 1993: Aldo Leopold

ii)―The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary,

Philosophical Dialogue: Arne Nades and the Progress of Ecophilosophy (eds.

Nina Witoszek and Andrew Brennan), Rowman and Litttefield, Lanham,1999 :

Arne Naess

iii)‗The Deep Ecology Movement: Some Philosophical Aspects‘ Environmental

Philosophy:

From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology (eds. Micheal E. Zimmerman et al),

Prentice Hall,

1993: Arne Naess

Recommended Topics:

D. Ecofeminism (8 Hours)

Recommended Texts:

i) ‗Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism‘, Environmental Philosophy: From

Animal Rights

to Radical Ecology (eds. Micheal E. (eds. Micheal E. Zimmerman et al), Prentice

Hall,

1993: Karen J.Warren

PGPHIL

402R COMPARATIVE RELIGION- III

Recommended Topics

1. Islam

a) Introduction i) Unique Features ii) Number of Followers

b) History of development

c) i) Founder Prophet ii) Scriptures

d) Metaphysical Theology: Philosophy of Religion or dogmatic

theology

i) Metaphysical Concepts: God, Soul and Universe ii) Human

Destiny

a) Earthly existence b) Eschatology ( Life after death), c)

Soteriology

(Salvation).

e) Moral Theology: Ethics: i) Moral Order of Universe ii) Main

Virtue

f) Cults or Worship: i) Creed ii) Rituals iii) Mythology

g) Mystical Theology (Mysticism)

h) Institution: i) Community: a) Monastic b) Lay

ii) Custom, Festivals

iii) Sects

iv) Hagiology (Study of the life of Holy men)

2. Judaism

a)Introduction i) Unique Features ii) Number of Followers

b) History of development

c) i) Founder Prophet ii) Scriptures

d) Metaphysical Theology: Philosophy of Religion or dogmatic

theology

i) Metaphysical Concepts: God, Soul and Universe ii) Human

Destiny

a) Earthly existence b) Eschatology ( Life after death), c)

Soteriology

(Salvation).

e) Moral Theology: Ethics: i) Moral Order of Universe ii) Main

Virtue

f) Cults or Worship: i) Creed ii) Rituals iii) Mythology

g) Mystical Theology (Mysticism)

h) Institution: i) Community: a) Monastic b) Lay

ii) Custom, Festivals

iii) Sects

iv) Hagiology (Study of the life of Holy men)

3. Zoroastrianism

a)Introduction i) Unique Features ii) Number of Followers

b) History of development

c) i) Founder Prophet ii) Scriptures

d) Metaphysical Theology: Philosophy of Religion or dogmatic

theology

i) Metaphysical Concepts: God, Soul and Universe ii) Human

Destiny

a) Earthly existence b) Eschatology ( Life after death), c)

Soteriology

(Salvation).

e) Moral Theology: Ethics: i) Moral Order of Universe ii) Main

Virtue

f) Cults or Worship: i) Creed ii) Rituals iii) Mythology

g) Mystical Theology (Mysticism)

h) Institution: i) Community: a) Monastic b) Lay

ii) Custom, Festivals

iii) Sects

iv) Hagiology (Study of the life of Holy men)

PGPHIL

403R COMPARATIVE RELIGION – IV

Recommended Topic (Total Marks 100)

A. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (Marks: 50)

6. Modern Indian Philosophies of Religion: Vivekananda, Aurobindo,

Gandhi, E.V. Ramaswamy, Ambedkar

7. Religion and other Cognate Studies: Religion and Mythology, Religion

and Morality, Religion and Politics, Religious language.

8. Grounds of Belief in God: Ontological, Cosmological, Taleological and

Moral Arguments with reference to St. Anslem, St. Acquainas, Descartes,

Kant

9. Grounds of Disbelief in God: Sociological and Psychological Theories

10. Problem of Evil and Grace

11. Varieties of Religious Experience, Religious Mysticism

12. Religions: Hermeneutic Approach, Semeiotic Approach, Cultural

Approach

13. Critique of Religion: Nietzsche, Freud and Marx

B. INTER RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE (Marks: 50)

1. Hurdles for dialogue

2. Fundamentalism

3. Communal conflicts

4. Liberation Theology

5. Current trends and future perspectives

PGPHIL

402B Buddhist Philosophy I

1. Abhidharma koṣa : Vasubanddhu (Selected portions only) 2.Vijñaptimātratāsidhi : Vasubanddhu(selected portions only)

Suggested Readings: (for 302B & 303B)

i) Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi : Sukomal

Choudhury

(Bengali Translation)

ii) Analytic Study of the Ahidharmakoṣa : Sukomal

Choudhury

iii) Abhidharma Koṣa Kārikā-s of Vasubandhu : Gokhale,G.V

iv) Abhidharmakoṣa- bhāṣya : Pradhan, P.

v) Abhidharmakoṣa : Swami

Dwarikadas

Sāstri

vi)The Central Philosophy of Buddhism : T.R.V. Murti

PGPHIL

403B

Buddhist Philosophy-II

Unit I

i) Background of Nagarjuna‘s philosophy: Early Buddhist (Tripitakas) and

Mahayana Buddhist thoughts

ii) Modes of Interpretations of Nagarjuna‘s Philosophy; Madhyamika and

Sunyavadin

Unit II a. Pratyayas-pariksa, Gatagata-gamyamana-pariksa

b. Ayatana-pariksa, Skandha-pariksa, Dhatu-pariksa

c. Karma-karaka pariksa, Svabhava-pariksa, Gatagata-pariksa

Unit III

i) Critical approach to prevalent conceptions of Pramanas and pramanya

ii)Nagarjuna‘s methods: Prasajya-pratisedha and paryudasa- pratisedha

iii) Prasangika and Svatantrika: two interpretations of Nagarjuna

Unit IV

i) Arya-satya-pariksa

ii) Nirvana-pariksa

iii) Drsti-pariksa

Suggested Readings:

i) Nene, H.N. Cakradharokta Sutrapatha, Nagpur,1942

ii) Bahirat, B.P. Philosophy of Jnanadeva, Popular prakashan, Mumbai,1993

iii) More, Sadanand, Trayodasi, Naveen Udyog,Pune,1995.

iv) Chitre Dilip Purushottam, Nector of Experience, Sahitya Academy, Delhi,1996

v) Gokhale, P.P.Jnanadevance Anubhavamrtatila, Amod Granthaseva,

Sangamner,1985

vi) Ramdas, Manace Sloka, Atmarama

PGPHIL

402PC PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES

Recommended Topics

Gandhi’s Way to Peace: The Global Legacy

a. Understanding Sources of Conflict: Gandhi in Global Perspective

b. Fasting, Mediation, Dialogue, Negotiation, Reconciliation

c. Satyagrah as a Creative Technique of Conflict Resolution

d. Gandhi‘s Approach to Development : Hind Swaraj

e. Shanti Sena; A Nonviolent Peace Force

Recommended Readings

i) Anand, Y.P. 2006. Mahatma Gandhi and Satyagraha: A Compendium. New Delhi:

National Gandhi Museum.

ii) Bondurant, Joan Valérie. 1988. Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of

Conflict. USA: Princeton University Press

iii) Bose, Anima. 1987. Dimensions of Peace and Non-violence: The Gandhian

Perspectives.

iv) Dalton, Dennis. 2001. Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action. Columbia:

Columbia University Press.

v) Galtung, John. 1996. Peace by Peaceful Means, Chapter 5. New Delhi: Sage

Publication.

vi) Gandhi, M.K. 1927. My Experiment with Truth, Ahmadabad: Navjeevan Publishing

House

vii) Gandhi, M.K. 1948. Non-violence in Peace and War, 2 vol. Ahmedabad: Navjeevan

viii) Gandhi, M.K. 2006. Hind Swaraj. Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House.

ix) Hardiman, David. 2003. Gandhi in his Time and Ours. New Delhi: Permanent Black

x) Herman, A.L. 1969. ‗Satyagraha: A New Indian Word for Some Old Ways of Western

Thinking.‘ Philosophy East and West, 19(2): 123-142.

Juergensmeyer, Mark. 2003. Gandhi’s Way: A Handbook of Conflict Resolution. New

Delhi: Oxford University Press.

xi) Mukherjee, Subrata and Sushila Ramaswamy. 1999. Facets of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-

Violence and Satyagraha, Vol. 1. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications

xii) Parekh, Bhikhu. 1989. Gandhi’s Political Philosophy: A Critical Examination.

Basingstoke: Macmillan.

xiii) Singh, Savita. 1991. Global Concern with Environmental Crisis and Gandhi‘s

Vision. New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corp.

xiv) Weber, Thomas. 1991. Conflict Resolution and Gandhian Ethics. New Delhi: Gandhi

Peace Foundation.

xv) Weber, Thomas. 2006. Gandhi, Gandhism and the Gandhians. New Delhi: Lotus

Publication.

PGPHIL

403PC

Recommended Topics

1.Conflict Handling Mechanism: Force, Adjudication, Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation,

Reconciliation and Dialogue

2. Conflict Management to Conflict Transformation

3. Citizen‘s Diplomacy

4. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

5. Role of Civil Society and NGO‘s in Peace Processes

Recommended Readings i) Aall, P. 2001. ‗What do NGOs Bring to Peacemaking?‘ In Turbulent Peace: The

Challenges of Managing International Conflict, edited by C. Crocker, F.O. Hampson,

and P. Aall, 365-383. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press.

ii) Abiew, F.K., and T. Keating. 2004. ‗Defining a Role for Civil Society.‘ In Building

Sustainable Peace edited by T. Keating and W.A. Keating and W.A. Knight, 93-117.

Edmonton: University of Alberta Press.

iii) Banks, Michael and Mitchell Christopher, eds. 1990. A Handbook on the Analytical

Problem-Solving Approach. USA: George Mason University

iv) Barnes, C., ed. 2005. ‗Weaving the Web: Civil-Society Roles in Working with Conflict

and Building Peace.‘ In People Building Peace II: Successful Stories of Civil Society,

edited by P. van Tongeren et al., 7-24. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publisher.

v) Bercovitch, J. and Rubin. 1992. Mediation in International Relations: Multiple

Approaches to Conflict Management. London: St. Martin‘s.

vi) Burton, John and et.al. 1993. Conflict: Practices in Management, Settlement and

Resolution. New York: St. Martin‘s Press.

vii) Chandhoke, N. 2003. The Concept of Civil Society. New Delhi: Oxford University

Press.

viii) Fisher, Roger and William Ury. 1991. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement

Without Giving In. New York: Penguin Book

ix) Fisher, Ronald J. 1990. The Social Psychology of Intergroup and International Conflict

Resolution. New York: Springer-Verlag.

x) Kaldor, M. 2003. Global Civil Society: An Answer to War. Cambridge, UK: Polity

xi) Kaviraj, S., and S. Khilnani, eds. 2002. Civil Society: History and Possibilities. Delhi:

Cambridge University Press.

xii) Lederach, J.P. 1997. Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies.

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press.

xiii) Paffenholz, T. and C. Spurk. 2006. ‗Civil Society, Civic Engagement, and

Peacebuilding,‘ Social Development Papers, Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction

paper no. 36. Washington, DC: World Bank.

xiv) Stutzman Jim, ed. 1995. Mediation and Facilitation Training Manuel : Foundations

and Skills for Constructive Conflict Transformation, MCS Akron

PGPHIL

402A

AESTHETICS

Recommended Topics

1. Prehistoric India to the Gupta Period

2. Bhakti Movements: Texts Contexts and Performance

3. Indian Sculpture: The classical tradition

4. Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Western Art

5. The Hindu Temple: Development & Form

6. From the Chalukyas to the Hoysalas

7. Cave Temples of India

8. Indian Sculpture: Later period

PGPHIL

403A

AESTHETICS

Recommended Topics

1. Later Hindu Temple

2. Ancient culture, new nation: Cultural Policy in India

3. Colonial & Post-Colonial India